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Mallan believes his experienced with the Paisley club weill stand him in good stead when going through a rough patch at bigger clubs such as Hibs.

‘Most seasons at St Mirren I was near the bottom of the league,” he recalled. “I have been through relegation battles there and taken a lot of experience from that.

“I never want to get back to that. I want to be at a club competing near the top of the league and the goals haven’t changed here. We want to get a few wins under our belt to move back up. I think we can do that over the next month.

“When I first broke in at St Mirren, we were down at the bottom of the league. I was just a young boy and it wasn’t a nice place to be with relegation and people losing their jobs.

“I went through a lot there and it was a hard thing to take.

“The expectations at Hibs are so high because this is a massive club. They got their highest ever points total last season and I wanted to push myself as a player by coming here. I couldn’t think of a better club to do that.”